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Coasting to catastrophe
In climate change, everything – and everyone – is connected. The watery process that will gradually cut off the Isle of Thanet from the British mainland has begun, and everyone in the UK needs to pay attention.
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Devilry and doom in 1666
Disastrous events and a significant combination of numbers signalled the end – or perhaps a new beginning – in 1666. But for some, this feverish period fuelled unprecedented inventiveness and development.
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Why the world needs collectors
Those who collect play an important role as “facilitators of curiosity”, says Anna Faherty.
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Theriac: An ancient brand?
The name theriac survived for around for two millennia as a pharmaceutical term. But a ‘brand’ name is not always a guarantee of quality.
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Concerning beards : facial hair, health and practice in England 1650-1900 / Alun Withey.
Withey, AlunDate: 2021- Archives and manuscripts
Stanhope, Philip, 1st Earl of Chesterfield (1584-1656)
Stanhope, Philip, 1st Earl of Chesterfield (1584-1656)Date: Mid 17th century - late 17th centuryReference: MSS.761-762- Books
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Englands monethly observations and predictions, for the yeare of our blessed Saviour, 1653 : Fore-told by those two famous astrologers of our age, Mr. William Lilly, and Mr. Culpeper. The tune is. Faire angel of England.
Lilly, William, 1602-1681Date: [1653]- Books
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The Greeks and Trojans vvarres : Caus'd by that wanton Trojan knight Sir Paris who ravishes Hellen and her to Troy carries the Greeks in revenge (and to fetch her again) a mighty great army do quickly ordain. Imagine you see them besiedging old Troy, which after ten years they at th'last destroy, with a fit allusion, before the conclusion. Tune is, A conscionable caveat.
Crouch, Humphrey, active 1635-1671Date: [1650?]- Books
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The phantastick age: or, The anatomy of Englands vanity : in wearing the fashions of severall nations, with good exhortations, against transmutations. To the tune of, O women monstrous &c.
Date: [1634]